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Trying to write and publish books for a living is really very difficult. When you’re neurodivergant, it takes on a whole new level of frustration… Life is hard enough. You have to make sure that you have shelter, clothing, food, clean water. If you have a family, you have to make sure that you have enough of all of those things for them as well. And that’s just the basic considerations!If you…

…so, how has it been for you? I haven’t had much chance to think since my last post… June 2022 apparently! I haven’t done much in the way of blogging for the last two years. Daily Life has this irritating way of derailing my brain. Anyway, I guess it’s time I caught you up with what I’ve been doing book wise. Just finished this… I don’t get a lot of reading time generally. I still have a…

How is it that almost every iteration of a Batman movie brings me such joy? The latest one, was a definite return to the Grim/Dark detective. The whole movie felt right. My first Batman movie was the perfection that Tim Burton/ Michael Keaton/ Jack Nicholson brought to the world. While I’d watched the Adam West TV show, it was something to fill in time for me, it never felt as good as the…

I love a good story. I love great characters and the interactions between them. I love a Happy-For-Now ending, because it gives me more of the things I love to look forward to. The Eternals gave me all that. And I love it. Eternals took me away from the crapness of my day-to-day life and allowed me to believe that there is more to life and this world than just existing. This is what a Fantasy…

I’ve not been writing much recently. Some of this has been to do with my own state of mind and family goings on, but it has also been because I’ve opened a door that has been locked for thirty-odd years! Back in the summer, I took part in a play called “Stepping Out“. It was a small production, hosted by Pukka Productions, and directed by Jane Davies. It was a lot of fun. I used muscles I’d…

If you fancy listening to me talk, come and listen to my review of “The Unsolved Case of the Secret Christmas Baby” by Hannah Byron. Thanks for bearing with me and still visiting my website, even though I haven’t been updating it regularly…

This year has been… rough.  The good stuff? Was good. Published a few books, started a new college course, went to choir regularly. There wasn’t much bad stuff. For a change. What made it rough was, is… my mind. I haven’t been able to get out of this deep well of meh/blagh at all. I find myself at the rim of the well frequently, trying my hardest to reach up and grab at anything, or anyone…

Digital Publishing – the New Vanity Press?

It would appear that “Cosmic Shadows” is my most popular story on Wattpad! It has all of *5* engaged readers!! https://www.wattpad.com/1136178297-cosmic-shadows-the-girl-who-made-holes That’s more readers than sales this month.To put it another way, to get invited to join the “Wattpad Creators Programme” you have to have a minimum number of “Engaged Readers” (ERs) on at least one of your…

An Age of Rejection – or that’s what it feels like!!

I am Autistic. I AM DIFFERENT. You would think that experiencing rejection all my life would have got me used to it. But no. Every rejection, no matter how small feeds that little voice in my head that says “No one wants you. You’re too weird, too different. Go away and never come back.” I could quite happily live as a hermit, never leaving my house or mingling with people again, except that…

The Dragon’s Pendant is Live in 10 days!

Currently in Pre-Order… It’s been a few years in the making, but here it is, the second book of The Secret of Arking Down. The first book revealed one set of secrets about Arkingham and the Lord of The Grange. It took us beyond the world that we know, to that of the Hall of Worlds and the myriad of versions of Earth Nexus. Available in all good E-Book retailers… The second book covers only…

11 Years and counting…

Eleven years ago (According to WordPress anyway – I count it more like thirteen.) I started blogging here; this was my first Post – The Tiger Princess’s Guide to her particular brand of Jargon... just in case you want to refresh your memory. It’s changed a lot in that time and I’ve changed a lot in that time… not just the spelling of Tiger either! However, one thing hasn’t changed. I’ve not…

My very first Book Review podcast is available to listen to on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/episode/2INaRvV4SMM0DFUcs4yqBw Unlike my previous episodes, this is entirely about someone else’s book… and of course my reaction to it; it wouldn’t be a review of the book otherwise. It’s twice as long as my normal podcasts and I had a few problems stitching the extract audios with the podcast…

Want Something to read? Visit my Wattpad!

I’m working on all sorts of stuff at the moment. There’s “Daemon’s Will, “Alethdar’s Daughter”, “Where Are My Socks?”, “The Dribble-O-Saur”…. But one of the oldest of my WIP’s is “Pure Shores”. Part One is up on the site, but I continued the story far beyond where it finishes on here. I’ve been publishing the sections as they’re finished on Wattpad – if you feel like reading it, then feel free…

Saturday Fiction: Zoo Tale

I was quite young when I first went to the zoo. I can remember holding on tightly to my mother as we entered through the little gate into the park. There were all kinds of creatures in there, making so much noise that I let go of mother to cover my ears. We passed all the animals I had seen in my books, the Tigers, Lions, and Bears before we got to the Primate section. Chimpanzees, Capuchins,…

I Aten’t Finished…

My eventual inscription… Sorry for that last post. Had a combination of pure frustration, and despair that most working parents can sympathise with! If you read my other blog, then you’ll know that I am autistic and, unfortunately, when I have an episode of frustration and despair like that, the longer it goes on for, the more likely I am to have a meltdown. And that’s what happened. Of…

The Futility of Being a Self Publishing Author.

Warning – Public Self Pity Party being Prepared…. … … … … … … Everyone who knows me well, knows I publish my own work. They also know that I am a full time Home Carer with four children who are mostly all Autistic. My Partner is Autistic and physically disabled. I am Autistic. This leads to not being able to have enough money to eat / pay bills, which leads to not being able to publish my…